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Undergraduate Education

General Education Course Lists

Category I. Western Cultures and Traditions

Classical Civilizations and Their Legacies

AHIS 120g

Foundations of Western Art

AHIS 201g

Digging into the Past: Material Culture and the Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

COLT 101g

Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and Thought of the West

COLT 251g

Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since 1800

CLAS 150g

The Greeks and the West

CLAS 151g

Civilization of Rome

CLAS 280g

Classical Mythology

CLAS 320gm

Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition

HIST 101g

The Ancient World

PHIL 115g

Ancient Greek Culture and Society

PHIL 225g

Love and its Representations in Literature, Philosophy, and Film

Judeo-Christian Traditions and Their Legacies

AHIS 220g

Medieval Visual Culture

HIST 102g

Medieval Civilization

JS 100g

Jewish History

REL 111g

The World of the Hebrew Bible

REL 121g

The World of the New Testament

REL 132g

Religions of the West

The Making of the Modern World

AHIS 121g

Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern

COLT 251g

Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since 1800

COLT 374gm

Women Writers in Europe and America

HIST 103g

The Emergence of Modern Europe

HIST 104g

Europe and Its Influence since 1750: From the Rise of Democracy to the Age of Extremes

MDA 205g

Cities and Civilization

PHIL 101g

Philosophical Foundations of Modern Western Culture

PHIL 155g

Modern Philosophy and the Meaning of Life

PHIL 220g

Science, Religion and the Making of the Modern Mind

PHIL 262g

Mind and Self: Modern Conceptions

Foundations of American Civilization

AMST 301g

America, the Frontier, and the New West

HIST 200gm

The American Experience

MDA 105g

Cultural Forms and Values I

Category II. Global Cultures and Traditions

AHIS 125g

Arts of Asia: Antiquity to 1300

AHIS 126g

Introduction to Asian Art: 1300 to the Present

AHIS 127g

Arts and Civilizations of Ancient Middle and South America

AHIS 128g

Arts of Latin America

AHIS 284g

Art in Context: Introduction to the Chinese Visual World

AMST 135gm

Peoples and Cultures of the Americas

AMST 250gm

The African Diaspora

ANTH 100g

Principles of Human Organization: Non-Western Societies

ANTH 140g

Native Peoples of Mexico and Central America

ANTH 235g

The Changing Pacific: Culture, History and Politics in the New South Seas

ANTH 250g

Race and Sexual Politics in Southeast Asia

ANTH 263g

Exploring Culture Through Film

ANTH 273g

Shamans, Spirits, and Ancestors: Non-Western Religious Traditions

ANTH 315g

North American Indians

ANTH 316gm

North American Indians in American Public Life

CLAS 220g

Egypt and India: Colonial Experiences

COLT 102g

On Location: The Place of Literature in Global Cultures

COLT 250g

Cultures of Latin America

COLT 264g

Asian Aesthetic and Literary Traditions

COLT 382g

Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature

EALC 110g

East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition

EALC 125g

Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Film and Culture

EALC 130g

East Asian Ethical Thought

EALC 145g

Introduction to Chinese Culture, Art and Literature

EALC 340g

Japanese Civilization

EALC 342g

Japanese Literature and Culture

EALC 350g

Chinese Civilization

EALC 352g

Chinese Literature and Culture

EALC 354g

Modern Chinese Literature in Translation

EASC 150g

East Asian Societies

EASC 160gm

China and the World

HIST 105g

The Korean Past

HIST 106g

Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History

HIST 107g

Japanese History

This new course is available for General Education — Category II credit beginning fall 2008.

HIST 266g

Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present

HIST 271g

Early Native American Stories

HIST 273g

Colonial Latin America

HIST 275g

The Worlds of the Silk Road

HIST 324g

Islam in Russia and the Soviet Union

HIST 339g

China, 960-1800

LING 295g

The Ancient Near East: Culture, Archaeology, Texts

MDA 155g

Cultural Forms and Values II

PORT 250g

Cultures of Brazil and Lusophone Africa

POSC 255g

Cultures, Civilizations, and Ethnicities in World Politics

REL 131g

Religions of Asia

REL 133g

Religions of Latin America

REL 134gx

Introduction to Buddhist Literature

REL 135gx

Religions of China

SLL 330g

Russian Thought and Civilization

Category III. Scientific Inquiry

For Most General Education Students

The following courses are recommended for most students seeking to satisfy general education requirements.

ASTR 100Lxg

The Universe

BISC 101Lxg

Cellular and Molecular Biology

BISC 104Lxg

How the Body Works: Topics in Human Physiology

GEOG 160Lg

The Earth's Surface

GEOL 105Lg

Planet Earth

GEOL 107Lxg

Oceanography

GEOL 108Lg

Crises of a Planet

GEOL 130Lxg

The Nature of Scientific Inquiry

MDA 125Lg

Scientific Principles

PHYS 100Lxg

The Physical World

For Specified Cohorts

The following courses will also satisfy this requirement, but they are intended for specific groups of students and are not usually appropriate for most general education students. Consult an academic advisor before enrolling in any of the following courses unless your major requires you to do so.

BISC 120Lg

General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

BISC 121Lg

Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

CHEM 105aLg

General Chemistry

CHEM 115aLg

Advanced General Chemistry

PHYS 125Lg

Physics for Architects

PHYS 151Lg

Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Category IV. Science and Its Significance

ANTH 200Lg

The Origins of Humanity

ASTR 200Lxg

Earth and Space

BISC 102Lxg

Humans and Their Environment

BISC 150Lxg

The Nature of Human Health and Disease

BISC 180Lxg

Evolution

BISC 230Lxg

Brain, Mind and Machines: Topics in Neuroscience

CHEM 201Lg

Chemistry in the Environment, Energy and Society

CHEM 203Lxg

Chemistry in Life: AIDS Drug Discovery and Development

EXSC 205Lxg

The Science of Human Performance

GEOG 101Lg

Sustainability Science and Society

GEOG 165Lg

The Atmospheric Environment

GEOG 260Lg

Natural Hazards

GEOG 265Lg

The Water Planet

GEOG 281Lg

Environmental Geographic Information Systems

GEOL 125Lxg

Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution

GEOL 150Lxg

Climate Change

GEOL 240Lxg

Earthquakes

LING 110Lg

In A Word

LING 275Lg

Language and Mind

LING 285Lg

Human Language and Technology

MDA 175Lg

Science and Technology

MDA 200Lg

The Cutting Edge: From Basic Science to the Marketplace

PHIL 285Lg

Knowledge, Explanation, and the Cosmos

PHYS 200Lxg

The Physics and Technology of Energy: Keeping the Motor Running

PSYC 165Lg

Drugs, Behavior and Society

PSYC 200Lg

Love and Attachment

PSYC 201Lg

The Science of Happiness

Category V. Arts and Letters

ARLT 100g

Arts and Letters

ARLT 101g

Studies in Arts and Letters

Category VI. Social Issues

The following courses require concurrent enrollment in WRIT 140 Writing and Critical Reasoning, unless the first course of the writing requirement has already been satisfied.